The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, June 16, 1980
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 711
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jun 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 88.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 16.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.57° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.00° / 1.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.13° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.